For its last dual meet in the month of April, Germantown Academy invited teams from all-boys Malvern Prep and all-girls Academy of Notre Dame to the Cary Stadium track last Wednesday afternoon.

The track and field squads were able to wrap up the meet just before rain arrived in the area, and in boys' competition the host Patriots outscored the Malvern Friars, 63-35, while the visiting Irish of Notre Dame edged out the GA girls, 50-41.

The GA boys won five of the eight individual events on the track. Early on, they went one-two in the 100-meter dash with freshman Julian Dean and senior Vance Thorpe.

Malvern won the other sprints, but Patriots freshman Ethan Na won the 800 and placed third in the 1600. Germantown actually swept the top three places in the 1600, led by junior Andrei Vava. Freshman Walter Mulroy, who placed second in the 1600, won the 3200-meter run.

Sophomore Arjun Sood was runner-up to Mulroy in the 3200, and senior Chaz Murgia came in second in the 800. Sophomore Ellis Johnson gave GA a victory in the 110-meter high hurdles.

No 4 x 800-meter relays were held for either boys or girls, an in two other boys' relays the Friars won the 4 x 400 and also prevailed in an extremely close 4 x 100.

The Pats won five of the seven field events, with junior Blake Brown winning the long jump and landing in second place in the triple jump. Junior Jonah Hunt won the javelin and another 11th-grader, Mario Toscano, won the discus and placed third in the shot put, where freshman Gavin Fountain took first place.

Junior C.J. Mersky was second in both the shot and the discus, and GA also got second-place points from senior Aaron Parks (long jump) and junior Sebastian Cortes (javelin). In the pole vault, sophomore Adrian Diem was the winner and his classmate Robby Bright was the runner-up.

In the girls' field events, Germantown Academy won four of the seven contests. Sophomore Layla Gentile won both the shot put and the javelin and placed second in the discus. Freshman Devon Geist won the pole vault and tied for first in the high jump along with senior Aja McBride.

Juniors Gabby Colucci and Emma Merrill finished second in the triple jump and the javelin, respectively, and freshman Elli Wang was second in the pole vault.

The Patriot girls did not fare quite as well on the track, where the visiting Irish won two of the three sprints, the 800 and the 3200. In the relays, GA won the 4 x 100 and the Irish took the 4 x 400.

Freshmen Lyla Perry and Addi Levensten gave GA a one-two finish in the 400 meters, and junior Abby Durkin won the 1600 by more than 20 seconds. Coming over from the field events, McBride placed second in the 200-meter dash, and Geist was third in the 100-meter high hurdles.

Two other ninth-graders earned second-place points for the Patriots, Emma Shapiro in the 100 meters and Lauren Truong in the 3200.

MEET RESULTS

BOYS

100 Meters

1. GA Julian Dean  11.56
2. GA Vance Thorpe  11.82
3. MP Trey Gibson  11.85

200 Meters

1. MP Nick Hollander  24.25
2. MP Chris Smith  24.27
3. MP Xander Little  25.33

400 Meters

1. MP Shane O'Mara  46.08
2. MP Riley Drinker  1:09.28
3. MP Antonio Harley  1:13.60

800 Meters

1. GA Ethan Na  2:19.02
2. GA Chaz Murgia  2:21.63
3. MP Michael Singley  2:29.02

1600 Meters

1. GA Andrei Vava  4:58.60
2. GA Walter Mulroy  4:59.60
3. GA Ethan Na  5:04.10

3200 Meters

1. GA Walter Mulroy  11:23.75
2. GA Arjun Sood  12:33.65

110 High Hurdles

1. GA Ellis Johnson  15.87

300 Intermediate Hurdles

1. MP Ryan McLaughlin  50.22

High Jump

1. MP Andy Consolino  5'6"
2. (tie) MP Ryan Woerner  5'6
3. GA Anthony Hall  5'6"

Long Jump

1. GA Blake Brown  20'9.5"
2. GA Aaron Parks  18'10"
3. MP Trey Gibson  18'7.75"

Triple Jump

1. MP Ryan Woerner  38'9.5"
2. GA Blake Brown  38'6"
3. MP Hanif McFadden  36'3.5"

Shot Put

1. GA Gavin Fountain  46'3"
2. GA C.J. Mersky 43'0"
3. GA Mario Toscano  42'4"

Pole Vault

1. GA Adrian Diem  12'0"
2. GA Robby Bright  11'6"
3. MP Michael Geary  11'6"

Discus

1. GA Mario Toscano  144'2"
2. GA C.J. Mersky  122'3"
3. GA Ansh Kakadia  115'9"

Javelin

1. GA Jonah Hunt  65'1"
2. GA Sebastian Cortes  53'4"

GIRLS

100 Meters

1. ND Michelle Malone  12.87
2. GA Emma Shapiro  13.64
3. ND Lydia Offshack  13.97

200 Meters

1. ND Sophie Hall  26.58
2. GA Aja McBride  27.21
3. GA Kayla Sweeney  27.91

400 Meters

1. GA Lyla Perry  1:08.14
2. GA Addi Levensten  1:11.36

800 Meters

1. ND Chloe Calvert  2:38.31
2. ND Molly O'Sullivan  2:42.66
3. ND Rylee Barnhart  2:44.87

1600 Meters

1. GA Abby Durkin  6:02.20
2. ND Avery Hinkle  6:23.40
3. ND Caroline DeLucca  6:23.90

3200 Meters

1. ND Mary Rossano  12:08.83
2. GA Lauren Truong  14:49.83

100 High Hurdles

1. ND Lauren Ruck  17.12
2. ND Grace Galia  17.44
3. GA Devon Geist  20.02

300 Intermediate Hurdles

1. ND Gigi Clement  55.61
2. ND Alexa Pyfer  58.29
3. GA CeeJay Thomas  59.23

High Jump

1. GA Devon Geist  4'6"
2. (tie) GA Aja McBride  4'6
3. ND Lilly Canavan  4'4"

Long Jump

1. ND Sophie Hall  15'7"
2. ND Ella Shaak  12'5"
3. GA Gia Sharf  11'2.5"

Triple Jump

1. ND Grace Galia  30'10"
2. GA Gabby Colucci  29'2"
3. ND Lauren Ruck  28'2"

Shot Put

1. GA Layla Gentile  33'10.75"
2. ND Temperence England  30'4"
3. ND Chidera Madu  28'8.5"

Pole Vault

1. GA Devon Geist  7'0"
2. GA Elli Wang  6'6"

Discus

1. ND Temperance England  107'2"
2. GA Layla Gentile  91'6"
3. GA Kate Stone  83'7"

Javelin

1. GA Layla Gentile 80'5"
2. GA Emma Merrill  75'6"
3. GA Kayla Sweeney  61'8"